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Tobacco epidemic kills 5.4 million people a year
Peshawar :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago
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The tobacco epidemic kills 5.4 million people a year from lung cancer, heart disease and other illnesses. Unchecked, that number will increase to more than eight million a year by 2030. Tobacco use is a risk factor for six of the eight leading causes...
Tags: cancer, smoke, smoking, lung cancer
Country star Merle Haggard battling lung cancer
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Country singer Merle Haggard, recently diagnosed with lung cancer, had part of a lung removed and is recovering at home, his spokeswoman said on Sunday. The 71-year-old singer-songwriter underwent surgery on Monday in a Bakersfield, California, hospital....
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Osi :: Nigeria | about 1 year ago
Credibility Tarceva significantly extended the time patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer lived without their cancer getting worse when given immediately following initial treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy, compared to placebo...Briefing.com...
Tags: disease, study, lung cancer, percent, Tarceva Brings New Hope, small cell, advanced non, cell lung
HSE accused of trying to bury latest misdiagnosis report
Drogheda :: Ireland | about 1 year ago
Credibility Fine Gael is accusing the HSE of trying to bury a report on lung cancer errors at hospitals in Drogheda and Navan. The review of the activities of a locum consultant radiologist was published yesterday. It found that nine patients' lung cancer diagnoses...
Tags: lung cancer, HSE, locum consultant, consultant radiologist
Breast Cancer Research Pinpoints Ashkenazi Jewish Women For Risk
Cape Town :: South Africa | about 1 year ago
Credibility Jewish breast cancer genes", were discovered in the 1990s, and are now among the most heavily researched genetic mutations in the world of cancer research. The pair of genes is responsible for creating proteins to fix broken DNA strands...Written and...
Tags: research, cancer, breast cancer, smoking, breast, women, lung cancer, health
Gene mutations linked with lung cancer
Bethesda :: MD :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The findings, published in the journal Nature , double the number of genes already linked with lung adenocarcinoma, a type of non-small cell lung cancer that accounts for 40 per cent of the more than 1 million lung cancer deaths each year. "We think that...
Tags: lung cancer
Research says 44% of men will get cancer
Pasadena :: TX :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Researchers calculate that around 30% of all babies will develop some form of cancer before they reach the age of 80. © DutchNews.nl Get the DutchNews.nl newsletter in your mailbox
Tags: cancer, wine, risk, study, health, percent, red wine, lung cancer
HealthScout.com: Red Wine and Lung Cancer
Lyman :: WY :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Previous studies have shown antioxidants in red wine protect against heart disease, breast cancer and stroke...Researchers tested the effects of beer, red wine, white wine and liquor consumption on lung cancer risk. Data showed an average two percent...
Tags: cancer, wine, breast cancer, health, risk, scientist, red wine, lung cancer, study, eat
MarketWatch: Genentech and OSI Pharmaceuticals Announce Topline Results from Phase III Study Evaluating the Combination of Avastin and Tarceva as Second-Line Treatment for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Osi :: Nigeria | about 1 year ago
Credibility However, there was clear evidence of clinical activity with improvements in the secondary endpoints of progression-free survival (PFS) and response rate when Avastin was added to Tarceva compared to Tarceva alone in this study...The companies are further...
Tags: Tarceva, lung cancer, Combination of Avastin
Lilly says FDA widens use of cancer drug Alimta
New York :: NY :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The drug maker said Alimta was approved as an initial treatment for the most common form of lung cancer in combination with a standard chemotherapy drug, cisplatin. Alimta was previously approved as a secondary treatment for non-small cell lung cancer,...
Tags: cancer, lung cancer, Alimta, chemotherapy drug
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